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Volunteers (1958 Film)
''Volunteers'' (russian: Добровольцы, Dobrovoltsy) is a Soviet feature film released in 1958. It is based on the poetic novel of same name by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky. Plot The film takes place during the 1930s to 1950s. Three inseparable male friends – Kaitanov, Ufimtsev, and Akishin – voluntarily became the first builders of the Moscow Metro. The film also tells the story of the friendship between three women: Olya, Masha, and Tanya. The main themes of the movie include the labor front, Spanish volunteer brigades, World War II, and post-war labor in peacetime. The film shows a variety of emotions: joy and sorrow, victory and loss, love and happiness. Cast * Mikhail Ulyanov as Nikolai Kaitanov * Pyotr Shcherbakov as Vyacheslav Ufimtsev * Leonid Bykov as Aleksei Akishin * Elina Bystritskaya as Olga Teplova, Kaitanov's wife * Lyudmila Krylova as Masha Suvorova, pilot-paratrooper * Mikaela Drozdovskaya as Tanya, Ufimtsev's wife * Maria Vinogradova as Sergeant Valya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky
Yevgeny Aronovich Dolmatovsky (; 5 May 1915 – 10 September 1994) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist. He was born and died in Moscow. Examples of his songs * Ballad of the Siberian Land (music by Nikolai Kryukov) - 1947 :The theme song of the film, ''Ballad of Siberia'' * Yearning for the Motherland (in , music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Opus 86) - 1948 :The theme song of the film, ''Encounter at the Elbe'' * Song of the Forests （music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Opus 81） - 1949 ** The Pioneers Plant Trees * The Motherland Listens (in , music by Dmitri Shostakovich) - 1951 :This song is from "Four Songs on Verses by Dolmatovsky, for Voice, Wordless Chorus & Piano, Opus 86 (1951). It is well known in Russia that Yuri Gagarin was singing this song while circling the earth as the first man in space. * And On Mars There Will Be Apple Blossoms (in , music by Vano Muradeli) - 1963 :A Soviet cosmonaut song singing about the dream of space travel, and eventual colonisation of Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
